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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jury convicts Wisconsin inmate accused of killing cellmate for being Black and gay

Wisconsin Prison Death Investigation - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Wisconsin man doing time for trying to kill his mother was convicted Wednesday of strangling his cellmate to death.

A jury found Jackson Vogel, 25, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the death of 19-year-old Micah Laureano at the Green Bay Correctional Institution last year, WLUK-TV reported. Vogel told investigators he killed Laureano because Laureano was Black and gay.

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